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Cambodia in 1965 – Showing Khmer Primary School to University
This video was showing from Khmer Primary School to University like Preah Angchan Ti Muoy Primary School. It amazed me that those Khmer people in the old day were very smart. … Read entire article »
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Getting to Know Cambodia Before You Travel Cambodia and Visit Its Top Attractive Places !
Kingdom of Cambodia used to be a rich and great empire in its old day history. Cambodia, or Kampuchea has a total area of 181,035 square kilometers (69,898Â square miles) with a population of 14,241,640 in 2008. Cambodia has its east border connecting with Vietnam, north with Thailand and Lao as well as west side with the Gulf of Thailand. 90% of all population are native Cambodian speaking Cambodian language ( Khmer ), the rest are Vietnamese, … Read entire article »
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Cambodia History: Starting from Jayavarman II – King Sihanouk – Hun Sen
Kingdom of Cambodia was believed to come from The Funan Kingdom around the first century BC which mostly related to Indian culture, art, and religion. From the period of the ninth to the thirteenth centuries, The Khmer Prince known as Jayavarman II ruled the kingdom of Kambuja which now we call Kampuchea, or Cambodia. During the ruled under Jayavarman II, Khmer empire was very powerful by gaining its territory with successful war from neighbor enemies. Jayavarman II also made many amazing achievements in architecture and sculpture like building an immense irrigation system around Angkor Wat. After Jayavarman II’s death, Cambodia was facing a great impact from its enemies especially Thailand. From fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries was a period that Cambodia had a great down turn and led to loose its territories. … Read entire article »
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